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    Dairy-Free Pumpkin Spice Sauce (Starbucks Copycat!)

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    By Sarah Hatfield on October 12, 2018 Dairy Free Desserts, Dairy-Free Recipes, Sarah's Recipes, Sauces

    When trying to create a Dairy-Free Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, I looked at many, many copycat recipes online. Most of them use water-based pumpkin syrup as an ingredient, with very little pumpkin in the syrup itself. Starbucks lists a condensed milk-based pumpkin spice sauce in the ingredients for its pumpkin spice latte. I followed their lead and created a coconut-milk based dairy-free pumpkin spice sauce to use in dairy-free pumpkin spice lattes.

    Dairy-free Pumpkin Spice Sauce Recipe (Starbucks Copycat!) for making Pumpkin Spice Lattes - or you can use it as a dessert topping! Also vegan, gluten-free and allergy-friendly

    Starbucks also uses annatto in their Pumpkin Spice Sauce to make it a pretty orange color. I added a bit of turmeric to my sauce to brighten the color instead. The end result uses an entire 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree and tastes like eggless pumpkin pie filling.

    This Pumpkin Spice Sauce has a lot of fun uses beyond Pumpkin Spice Lattes. You can also enjoy it in dairy-free pumpkin spice steamers, or on pancakes, waffles, or ice cream.

    Dairy-free Pumpkin Spice Sauce Recipe (Starbucks Copycat!) for making Pumpkin Spice Lattes - or you can use it as a dessert topping! Also vegan, gluten-free and allergy-friendly

    Special Diet Notes: Dairy-Free Pumpkin Spice Sauce

    By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, vegetarian, and top food allergy-friendly.

    5.0 from 2 reviews
    Dairy-Free Pumpkin Spice Sauce (Starbucks Copycat!)
     
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    Prep time
    5 mins
    Cook time
    20 mins
    Total time
    25 mins
     
    I created this vegan sauce for making Starbucks-style pumpkin spice lattes, but it's also great on dairy-free pancakes, waffles, and ice cream. And it's a recipe you can make simply from pantry ingredients!
    Author: Sarah Hatfield
    Serves: 2 to 2½ cups
    Ingredients
    • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
    • 1 cup full-fat coconut milk
    • ½ cup packed brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoons sugar
    • ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
    • ¼ teaspoon ground turmeric
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
    • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
    Instructions
    1. Put the pumpkin, coconut milk, sugars, cinnamon, ginger, turmeric, salt, and nutmeg in a medium saucepan, and whisk until smooth.
    2. Place the pan over low heat and simmer the mixture for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
    3. Strain the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer to ensure it is completely smooth.
    4. Store your dairy-free pumpkin spice sauce in an airtight container (I use a canning jar) for up to 1 week.
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    Key Pantry Supplies: Dairy-Free Pumpkin Spice Sauce


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    Sarah Hatfield

      Sarah is the Associate Editor for Go Dairy Free. Her previous experience includes work as a copy editor at Thoroughbred Times magazine, a content writer at Travelago.com, and an intern at Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Sarah was a 'mom blogger' for many years but now mostly hangs out on Go Dairy Free and Instagram.

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      9 Comments

      1. Mary on November 11, 2021 5:26 am

        I have made this several times now and love it. I put it in my chai tea every day. I have made little changes along the way. I use all my pumpkin pie spices and the turmeric. I also use a whole can of coconut milk. Today I was out of coconut milk so I used cream of coconut. It work well. Gave a nice thick, rich sauce. Thank you for the recipe

        Reply
        • Alisa Fleming on November 11, 2021 9:21 am

          Hi Mary, so glad you are enjoying it! Recipes are even better when you can make them your own!

          Reply
      2. Catherine on December 6, 2019 6:59 pm

        I work at starbucks. I just cant get it to taste like theirs.

        Reply
      3. Ashley Funk on September 25, 2019 9:08 pm

        is the tumeric just for colour or does it add flavour?! don’t want to buy a bag of it just to use a little bit once….

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        • Sarah Hatfield on September 26, 2019 4:12 am

          Hi, Ashley, The turmeric adds a little bit of flavor as well as color, but of course you can leave it out if you’d like! If you do decide to buy some, Alisa wrote about the benefits of turmeric–and shared a turmeric smoothie recipe–here: https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/turmeric-smoothie

          Reply
      4. Daniel on October 28, 2018 10:01 am

        Interesting recipe. I had 2 questions. After making the sauce could I put it in an ice cube tray and freeze the sauce which could keep for the whole year? I’d have to pre measure the sauce on order to use the correct amount when removing from the freezer. Also could I use coconut milk drink as a more healthy substitute?

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        • Sarah Hatfield on October 28, 2018 11:42 am

          Hi Daniel, Thanks for your questions! I haven’t tried either of these options. I wouldn’t keep any sauce you freeze for up to a year, but for a couple of months should be all right if you decided to try to freeze it. I don’t know if the sauce would separate if frozen and then thawed.
          As for using a substitute for the canned coconut milk, that would affect the consistency of the sauce. Since you are using only 1-2 tablespoons of the sauce per drink, I don’t know if making that substitution would be worthwhile.

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          • KJ on August 31, 2019 2:34 pm

            I am presently making this sauce, revised. I used mace, cinnamon, salt, ginger, turmeric. I don’t use traditional sugars so I used 3 TBSP of coconut sugar and 1 TBSP of Pure Maple Syrup. It tastes delicious already…have 10 mins to go on the stovetop.

            Reply
            • Alisa Fleming on August 31, 2019 11:24 pm

              That sounds wonderful! Thank you for sharing your modifications KJ and I’m glad it’s working out so well!

              Reply

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